Bolting-reel



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BOLTING REEL.

Patented May 7, 1889.

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No. 402,734. Patented May 7, 1889.

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BOLTING REEL.

No, 402,734. Patented May 7, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. GORTON, OF MOLINE, ILLINOIS.

BOLTlNG-REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,734, dated May 7, 1889. Application filed August 13, 1888. Serial No. 282,559. (No model.)

To all whom, tmay concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. GoEToN, of Moline, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bolting-Reels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in hour-bolting machines; and it embraces improvements in machines shown in prior applications, Serial No. 253,490, iiled October 27, 1887, and Serial No. 255,199, iiled November l5, 1887, together with other matters, as will hereinafter fully appear.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is a longitudinal axial section taken through the reel and housing of a machine upon section 1 l of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same, taken upon line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail section taken through the upper part of the housing, showing the external frame of the reel with the internal parts removed. Fig. 4 is a detail view illustrating the spring-arms connecting the interior frame with the exterior frame of the reel. Fig. 5 is a detail section taken upon line 5 5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 illustrates a somewhat different construction in the adjusting devices at the outer end of the reel-trunnion. Fig. 7 illustrates a somewhat different construction in the connection between the central shaft and radial connecting-bars uniting the same with the outer reelframe. Fig. 8 illustrates a modilied construction in the buckets of the reel. Fig. 9 is a detail section showing la modified construction in the jarring devices.

In the illustration of the drawings, A indicates as a wholevthe housing or casing of the reel, consisting in the particular machine illustrated of four frame-posts, a da a, hori- Zontal girts a a c2 d2, end walls, A A', top wall, A2, side walls, A3 A8, and downwardly and inwardly inclined bottom walls, A4 A4. At the lower part of the casing are located two conveyer-boxes, B `B, within which are located two spiral conveyers, C C.

D indicates as a Whole a bolting-reel located within the upper part of the casing or housing of the machine.

D D2 are the reel-heads,wl1ich are attached by means of radial arms d d to hollow sleeves or trunnions D3 D4, which extend outwardly through the end walls, A A', of the housing, and are sustained in bearings d d upon horizontal bridge-trees D5 D5.

E is an exterior concentric frame supporting the bolting-cloth E', and F a trussed frame attached to and rigidly connecting the heads D D2, and arranged concentric with the frame E inside of the latter. The exterior frame, E, consists of longitudinal and circumferential ribs connected with each other at their point of intersection, so as to form an open-ended cylindric frame, which is separated from or unattached to the reelheads. The bolting cloth E is stretched over and supported by said frame E in the usual manner.

The interior frame, F, as shown in the drawings, is a trussed frame, substantially like the one shown in a prior application, Serial No. 214,145, filed by me in the United States PatentOfiice on the 21st day of September, 1886, and patented May 1, 1888, No. 382,152. The exterior cloth-supporting frame, as well as the inner trussed frame, is made of thin strips of elastic material, preferably steel, giving lightness combined with strength and elasticity thereto.

G G designate a series of concave troughs or buckets arranged longitudinally of the reel and inside of the bolting-cloth and concentric with the reel-axis and parallel with each other. Said troughs or buckets are located outside of the trussedframe, and are desirably arranged somewhat distant from the frame andl IOO material accumulating at the bottom of the reel as the latter revolves. The material thus taken up and carried over the top of the reel falls from the buckets as the latter are reversed, and is thrown on the bolting-cloth at the descending side of the reel.

The trussed frame F is herein shown as arranged to support an inner concentric wall or cylinder, Il, provided with longitudinal slots 7L h. A similar inner wall or cylinder is shown in said prior application Serial No. 253,490. The cylinder H herein shown performs the same function as the slotted cylinder shown in said prior application-that is to say, it supports or carries a part of the material within the reel, thereby promoting the bolting action of the cloth upon the material resting upon the said cloth. As herein shown, however, the cylinder I-I extends through a part only of the length of the reel at the feed end of the latter. The said cylinder thus serves to sustain the weight of the material accumulating at the feed end of the reel, which will commonly be all that is needed in short reels.

H H indicate inclined deiiectors attached to the frame F inside of the wall H. Said deflectors are arranged in such manner as to carry the material coming in contact therewith toward the tail or discharge end of the reel as the latter revolves. Said deflectors are shown as pivoted and connected with a longitudinal rod, j, extending through the reel-heads, by which said deflectors may be moved or shifted as desired to increase or decrease the rate of endwise feed of the material and held in a desired position. Similar defiectors are shown and claimed in said prior application No. 253,490. The feedingdevices illustrated are similar to those shown in said prior application Serial No. 255,199, and embrace a short horizontal tube or shell, D6, attached to the inner surface of the end wall of A of the housing and extending inwardly through the central aperture of the reel-head D2, an inlet-spout, cl2, extending through the housing and connected with the tube D, and a spiral propeller-blade, cl3, attached to the sleeve D*l within the shell D, and which operates to carry inwardly to the reel material delivered through the spout cl2.

At the discharge or tail end of the reel the reel-housing is provided with a partition, A5, arranged inside of a parallel with the end wall, A. Said partition is provided with a circular aperture, A, of suitable size to receive the end of the exterior" reel-frame, E. rlhe reel-head D at the discharge end of the reel does not extend outwardly to the said frame E, so-that an annular space or opening is left, through which the material may be discharged from interior of the bolting-cloth into the narrow space or chamber formed by the partition A5. Said space or chamber A7 is provided with a suitable lateral discharge passage, and has an inclined bottom, AS, sloping to said passage in a familiar manner. The

head D2 at the opposite or feed end of the reel is herein shown as also terminating ine side of the outer cloth-supporting frame, E, the space between the exterior margin of the head and the end of the bolting-cloth being closed by means of a iiexible ring or strip, d4. Said strip is desirably made double by extending the bolting-cloth past the line of its attachment to the end rib of the frame E and attaching the margin of the same to the head in substantially the same way as set forth in the said prior application Serial No. 255,199, hereinbefore mentioned.

I I are series of annular partitions or rings attached to the inner surface of the exterior reel-frame, E, and extending inwardly therefrom, and .I .I are inclined defiectors secured to the longitudinal ribs or strips of or upon the exterior frame and extending inwardly therefrom. Said annular partitions or rings and the separate deflectors located between them are constructed and operated in the same manner as the corresponding parts shown in application Serial No. 253,490, filed by me October 27, 1887, the partitions tending to hold the material from passing toovrapidly through the reel, and the deflectors serving to throw inwardly away from the boltingcloth the coarser particles of material and by agitating the same to bring the finer portions thereof against the cloth and in position to pass through the latter. In the said prior application many of said deiiectors J J are shown; but in the present instance I employ only one set between each pair of partitions, the deliectors being located near the partitions at the side thereof nearest the head of the reel, so as to throw inwardly away from the cloth the mass of unbolted material accumulating against said partitions as the material moves toward the tail end of the reel.

The exterior cloth-supporting frame, E, is sustained from the inner frame by means of radially-arranged iiexible or spring arms K K K K', attached at the outer ends to the exterior frame and to the inner frame, F. Said arms are connected with each other at the inner ends by means of a central plate, K2, to which the inner ends of said arms are bolted in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 4. Said spring-ar1ns aiford a yielding or flexible connection between the outer cloth-supporting frame, E, and the trussed frame F, and allow the outer frame and bolting-cloth thereon to be shaken or jarred to facilitate the bolting action of the reel and to aid in clearing the latter from adhering particles of the material being bolted.

Devices are herein shown for giving the endwise vibratory or shaking movement to `the exterior cloth-supporting frame as follows: L is a longitudinal rod orbarextcnding through the tubular reel-supporting trunnion D4 at one end of the reel. To the inner end of said bar L are secured metal bars or strips Z, which extend outwardly, preferably in an oblique direction, between the ribs of the inner frame,

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F,fand are secured to the outer frame, E. The bar L is connected at its end outside of the hollow trunnion with a crank-shaft, M, having upon it a belt-pulley, m. Said shaft has a rapid rotary movement by which the rodL is rapidly reciprocated for shaking the exterior frame during the operation of the reel. The throw of the shaft L is made very slight, commonly not more than one-half inch The shaking device described obviously serves to give a regular or smooth shaking motion to the bolting-cloth as distinguished from the jarring action of a knocker. Such shaking movement, however, operates to greatly facilitate the bolting of the material in the same manner that the shaking of a flat sieve or screen tends to increase a passage of material therethrough. The shaking device above described is similar to one of those shown in the v-prior application Serial No. 255,199, hereinbefore referred to.

In order to afford adjustment of the rod L relatively to the crank-shaft, an adjustable connection between said parts is made as follows: L2 is a cross-bar, which is provided with a central aperture receiving the end of the said rod L. Said rod is screw-threaded, and upon the same at either side of the cross-bar are placed nuts Z2 Z2. Z3 Z3 are rods attached to the ends of the cross-bar L2 and to the ends of bearing-plates L3L3, which engage the crankpin of the shaft. By turning the said nuts the plate and connected parts may be moved upon the rod L, thereby affording adjustment of the rod in the manner stated.

Devices are provided for knocking or jarring the bolting-cloth as well as for shaking the same, as follows: 1T is a rod or bar arranged in alignment with the rod L, and extending from a point within the reel into the hollow reel-trunnion D3. Said bar N is connected with the exterior cloth supporting frame, D, by means of radially-arranged arms n n, made of metal strips similar to the strips Z Z, and also desirably arranged obliquely. Inside of the hollow trunnion is located a bar or weight, O, against which the end of the bar N is arranged to strike as said rod is vibrated or reciprocated endwise by reason of its connection with the reciprocating eX- terior cloth-supporting frame. The striking of the bar against the weight acts to jar or vibrate the bolting-cloth in the same manner as does the knocking device illustrated in said prior application Serial No. 255,199. The weight O is in some instances desirably backed up or held in position by a springsupport; but this is not essential, as, for instance, the bars or strips n may be curved, in which case they will have sufficient amount of elasticity to enable the spring-support for the weight to be dispensed. with. A construction of this kind is herein illustrated 4in the drawings, Fig. 9, and will be hereinafter described.

In the particular construction illustrated in Figs. l and 5 the weight O is mounted to slide in the hollow trunnion D3, and a spiral spring, O', is placed between the outer end of the weight and an adjustable plate or follower, o, which is movably sustained at the outer end of the trunnion. of the plate or follower o inwardly or outwardly serves to increase or decrease the tension of the spring, and thereby cause the weight to act with more or less resistance, and thereby vary the force of the blow given by the bar. As shown in said Figs. l and 5, o is a cap placed uponvthe end of the tubular trunnion, within which cap is inserted a screwthreaded sleeve, o2, arranged to bear against the adj ustable follower o. Said sleeve is provided with a hand-wheel, O2, by which the same may be turned back or forth to advance or retract said follower.

O3 is a sliding rod secured in the outer end of the weight O and passing through the follower o and the sleeve o2. The outer end of the said rod is screw-threaded, and upon the same is placed a hand-nut. By screwing up said nut against the outer end of the sleeve 02, the weight willbe drawn outwardly against the action of the spring. Said hand-nut and rod, therefore, afford means for accurately adjusting the inner end of the weight, so that the bar N may come in contact with the weight at a point most desirable for giving a suitable jarring action. lt will of course be seen that the rod O3 will slide outwardly through the sleeve o2 each time the weight is struck by the reciprocating rod N, and to cushion the blow of the nut o3 against the end of the sleeve o2 in the return of the weight a washer, 04, of leather or other suitable material, is desirably placed between said nut o3 and the end of the sleeve.

O4 is a bolt inserted through the tubular trunnion and through the slot in the weight to hold the latter from turning, the weight being shown as being made round to fit the interior of the tubular trunnion.

Instead of using a sleeve, o2, such as is shown in Fig. 1, the cap upon the end of the trunnion may itself be made adjustable. This construction is shown in Fig. 6, wherein O5 indicates a screw-cap through which the spindle O3 passes, and which is provided with a hand-wheel, 05.

o6 indicates a washer interposed between the spring O and the cap O5. rlhis washer may, however, be omitted. The spindle O? and nut-03 are constructed in this instance in the same manner as before described.

The employment of a spring-support for the weight, although desirable, is not essential as far as the operation of the jarring devices is concerned. The same result produced by the The adjustment 1 IOO IIO

presence of the spring behind the weightnamely, that of taking from the frames of the machine the shock produced by the blow of the bar N against the weight-may be produced by providing a spring or elastic connection between the said bar and the clothsupporting frame. A construction of this kind is shown in the drawings, Fig. 9, wherein the bar N is connected with the cloth-supporting frame F by means of yielding connections arranged in such manner as to allow the said bar N to spring or yield relatively to the said frame. Such yielding or spring connections are conveniently formed by means of arms n n', bent or curved in the manner shown. As illustrated in said Fig. 9, the weight O is adjustably held in place by means of a spindle, O6, having screw-threaded engagement with a cap, O', upon the trunnion, and attached at its inner end to the weight. By turning said spindle in or out the position of the weight may be adjusted to give a stronger or weaker blow, as desired, when the weight is struck by the bar N.

In Fig. 7 is shown a construction in means for connecting the strips or bars n n, Fig. l, with the bar N, wherein the said bar is adjustable longitudinally with relation to the strips. In this instance N is a plate to which the strips n n are attached and which is provided with a central aperture through which the end of the bar N passes. Said bar is screwthreaded, and upon it are placed, one at each side of the plate, nuts n2 n2, which may be turned upon the bar for shifting the plate N in an obvious manner.

A main feature of my invention is embraced in a reel having a cloth-supporting frame which is supported by flexible arms from the reel-trunnions and a series of troughs or buckets arranged inside of the bolting-cloth and revolving with the salne. The buckets thus arranged act to carry upwardly material at the rising side of the reel, and, carrying it over the top of the reel, to deliver it to the boltingcloth at the descending side of the reel. The frame, being movably supported, may be reciprocated or shaken or jarred, or both, in the manner set forth, so that a bolting action may be produced in all parts of the cloth upon which the material rests, and the material cast upon the descending side of the reel by the buckets sifted or bolted more completely and thoroughly than has been heretofore possible, it being well known to persons familiar with the art that in cases where similarly-acting buckets have been heretofore used the bolting capacity of the reel is increased but little, owing to the fact that the material thrown on the downwardly-moving part of the cloth moves downwardly upon and with the clot-h,

and only a small portion of such material is bolted until the material begins to slide backwardly on the upgoing part of the clotlr.

In view of the advantage arising from the use of revolving buckets in connection with the movably supported cloth supporting frame, I desire to claim broadly this feature of construction without restriction to other details of the machine illustrated. I have shown, for instance, in Fig. S a reel in which any inner wall, G, is absent, troughs or buckets H H being attached directly to the inner trussed frame, F. The buckets H II(shown in Fig. 8)

are made up of U shape or concave at their margins which are lowermost when the buckets are at the upgoing side of the reel, this construction enabling the buckets to retain and carry over or past the top of the reel a relatively-large partof the material taken up bythe said buckets when the latter are at the bottom of the reel.

A reel having a cloth-supporting frame which is supported by flexible arms from the reel-trunnion andl is provided with buckets operating as above described may be made of practical value without the presence of any jarring or shaking devices acting on the cloth-supporting frame, inasmuch as, in the case of a clotlrsupporting frame sustained by elastic supports giving the frame great sensitiveness to vibration, a sufficient amount of vibratory motion will be afforded by the falling of the material itself from the buckets upon the bolting-cloth to facilitate the bolting action of the reel.

As far as the especial features claimed are concerned, the employment of the particular construction illustrated in the reel-frame and other details of construction are obviously not essential, and these parts may be varied as may be found desirable or convenient in practice.

I have herein shown the bar N of the reciprocating reel-frame as arranged to strike a weight sustained in the machine. The use of a weight, although desirable, (the weight by its inertia preventing the shocks produced by the blows of the bar from being transmitted to the other parts of the machine,) is not essential, and the said bar or other part attached to and moving with the cloth-supporting frame may be arranged to strike any suitably-located resisting part on the frame or elsewhere.

The particular form of the buckets or troughs herein illustrated forms no partof this invention, and such buckets may be made like any of the buckets heretofore employed for the same or similar purposes, or of any other form or shape desired.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with a reel, of an exterior cloth-supporting frame, spring-arms sustaining said cloth-supporting frame from the reel-trunnions, and a series of longitudinal troughs or buckets sustained upon the reel inside of said exterior cloth-supporting frame, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a reel comprising an external cloth-supporting frame, of springarms sustaining said cloth-supporting` frame from the reel-trunnions, a shaking or jarring device acting upon said cloth supporting frame, and a series of longitudinal troughs or buckets sustained upon the reel inside of said clotlrsupporting frame, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a reel comprising an external cloth-supporting frame, of springarms sustaining said cloth-supporting frame IIO from the reel-trunnions, a series of annular inwardly-extending partitions or rings attached to said cloth-supporting frame, and deliectors located upon said frame between said partitions or rings, substantially as described.

et. The combination, With a reel embracing a cloth supporting frame, and spring arms sustaining said clothsupporting frame from the reel-trunnions, of a combined shaking and jarring apparatus comprising a shaking device connected with and giving a reciprocatory motion to said cloth-supportingframe, a rod or bar connected With and partaking of the motion of the cloth-supporting frame, and a resisting` part or surface located in position for contact with said rod or bar as the frame is reciprocated, substantially as described.

. 5. The combination, with a reel embracing` a cloth-supportin g frame, and spring-arms sustaining said cloth-supporting frame from the reel-trunnions, of a combined shaking or jarring apparatus comprising a shaking device connected with and giving reciprocatory motion to the said cloth-supporting frame, a rod or bar connected with and partaking of the motion of said cloth-supporting frame, and a resisting part or surface located upon the machine-frame in position for contact with said rod or bar, said part or surface being' adjustable toward and from said rod or bar, substantially as described.

G. The con1bination,witl1a reel embracing a cloth-supportin g frame movably connected with the reel-trunnions, of a combined shaking or jarring apparatus comprising a shaking device connected with and giving reciprocatory motion to the said cloth-supporting frame, a partor bar connected with and partaking of the movement of the said frame, and a yieldingly-supported Weight located in position to be encountered by the said reciprocating part or bar, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with a reel embracing a cloth-supporting frame movably connected With the reel-trunnions, of a combined shaking or jarring apparatus comprising a shaking device connected with and giving reciprocatory motion to the said cloth-supporting frame, a longitudinally-arranged bar connected by elastic arms with the said frame, and a resisting part or surface located in position to be encountered by said rod or bar, substantially as described.

8. The combination, With a reel embracing a cloth-supporting frame movably connected with the reel-trunnions, of a rod or bar connected by elastic arms With the cloth sup- 9. The combination, with areel embracing` a cloth-supporting frame connected With the reel-trunnions, of a shaking device connected With and giving reciprocatory motion to the said cloth-supporting frame, a longitudinallyarranged bar connected with and partaking of the motion of the frame, and a sliding Weight supported in one of the reel-trunnions in position for contact with said bar, substantially as described.

lO. The combination, with a reel embracing a cloth-supporting frame movably connected with t-he reel-trunnions and provided with a tubular trunnion, of a shaking' device connected With and giving reciprocatory motion to said cloth-supporting frame, a longitudinally-arranged bar sliding in the said tubular trunnion and connected with the said frame, a Weight mounted to slide in the said tubular trunnion, and adjusting devices for shifting the position of the Weight, substantially as described.

11. The combination, with a reel embracing a cloth-supporting framemovably connected with the reel-trunnions, of a shaking device connected Wit-h and giving reciprocatory motion to the said cloth-supporting frame, a longitudinally-arranged bar connected With and partaking of the motion of the said frame, a sliding Weight located in position to engage said bar, a spring applied behind said Weight, and an adjustable abutment behind the spring aiording adjustment of the tension of the same, substantially as described.

l2. The combination, with a reel comprising an outer cloth-supporting frame and an inner trussed frame connecting the reel-heads, 'ofA means for movably connecting the cloth-supporting frame with the trussed frame, comprising iieXible radial arms attached at their outer ends to the said cloth-supporting frame and trussed frame, and connected with each` other at their inner ends, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM E. GORTON.

Witnesses:

C. CLARENOE POOLE, F. W. JENKINS.

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